Modou Barrow
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Modou Barrow | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Banjul, The Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leeds United (on loan from Swansea City) |
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| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real de Banjul FC | |||
| Östers IF | |||
| Mjölby AI | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Mjölby AI | 15 | (6) |
| 2011 | Mjölby Södra IF | 19 | (23) |
| 2012 | IFK Norrköping | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | Varbergs BoIS | 28 | (2) |
| 2014 | Östersunds FK | 19 | (10) |
| 2014– | Swansea City | 51 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Leeds United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Gambia | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 4 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:56, 28 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Modou 'Mo' Barrow (born 13 October 1992) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays for Championship side Leeds United, on loan from Premier League club Swansea City. He is a Gambia international. He is a winger but can also play as a forward.
Barrow was born in the Gambia. At age 9 he had a gardening business with his eldest brother Will. When he was 11, his mother died. He and his four brothers joined their father in Sweden. He reflected that "Football obviously helped me get through that period of my life. I was very good at football and got a lot of friends at my new school, mainly because many of them really liked to play football with me. I was never bullied because I was from another country."
He spent his youth career at Östers IF and Mjölby AI, before earning his first senior appearances with Mjölby AI. His best friend from Gambia had moved to the town of Mjölby. While visiting his friend, he was invited to train with the club, and quickly caught the eye of the senior squad. This in turn led to a deal with the nearby club IFK Norrköping. After spells at fellow Swedish sides Mjölby Södra IF, IFK Norrköping, and Varbergs BoIS, he joined Swedish second tier side Östersunds FK.
After joining Östersunds FK in 2014, Barrow impressed and scored 10 goals in 19 games in the Superettan in 2014 during his spell for the club.
On 30 August 2014, he completed his transfer to Premier League side Swansea City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £1.5 million, after being signed by then Manager Garry Monk. He became the first Gambian footballer to play in the Premier League – Omar Koroma spent two seasons at Portsmouth starting in 2008, but failed to make an appearance.
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